Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II American military war grave cemetery, located in Nettuno, near Anzio, Italy. The cemetery, containing 7,858 American war dead, was dedicated in 1956.

The cemetery was established in Nettuno, as a temporary battlefield cemetery on 24 January 1944, two days after Operation Shingle began, the Allied landings at Anzio and Nettuno on mainland Italy. The majority of burials at the cemetery are of men that died fighting in the liberation of Sicily, in the landings at the Salerno, Anzio and Nettuno and expansion of the beachhead and in air and naval support in the regions.

Layout

The cemetery covers 77 acres (31 ha) with a gentle slope rising from a pool with an island and cenotaph flanked by groups of Italian cypress trees. Beyond the pool is the immense field of headstones of 7,861 of American military war dead, arranged in gentle arcs on broad green lawns beneath rows of pine trees.

A wide central mall leads to the memorial, rich in works of art and architecture, expressing America's and Italy's remembrance of the dead. It consists of a chapel to the south, a peristyle, and a map room to the north. On the white marble walls of the chapel are engraved the names of 3,095 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The map room contains a bronze relief map and four fresco maps depicting the military operations in Sicily and Italy. At each end of the memorial are ornamental Italian gardens.

There is a wall of remembrance commemorating 3.095 missing in action service personnel (rosettes denote those later found or identified).

The visitor center displays photographs, films, and displays of the Allied advance in Sicily and Italy as well as personal stories of those involved.

Address
Piazzale Kennedy 1, Nettuno, Italy

Established
1944